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Ronald Cass (21 April 1923 – 2 June 2006) was a British screenwriter and a composer. He co-wrote the screenplays for the Cliff Richard films ''The Young Ones'' (1961) and ''Summer Holiday'' (1963). ==Biography== Cass was born in Llanelli, Wales to Saul and Rachel Cass, the second of five sons. One of his brothers, Leslie Cass, also worked in the same field as Ronnie, and composed his own play entitled ''The Story of Ruth'', which was performed in Sheffield. Ronald "Ronnie" Cass first pursued a career as a maths teacher but in 1951 was recognized more for his contributions to several musicals produced at Leicester Square's Irving Theatre club. Cass was studying economics at Aberystwyth University when World War II began and he joined the RAF. When he and his squadron were posted into Burma, he insisted that they took a piano with them so that he could continue entertaining the troops.〔Vosburgh, Dick (2 August), "Ronnie Cass- Unstoppable Composer", The Independent〕 Cass returned to Wales after the war ended in 1945, but travelled to London in 1949 in search of musical opportunities. It did not take much searching before Cecil Landeau hired him as musical director at Ciro's night-club, and it was there that Cass met Peter Myers, who was preparing a new revue. They soon put together an after-the-show-show called ''10:15'', which successfully took place at the Irving Theatre.〔Vosburgh, Dick (2 August), "Ronnie Cass- Unstoppable Composer", The Independent〕 In 1952, Cass attended a show performed by the students of the London School of Economics, and was so impressed by one of them, Ron Moody, that he and Myers decided to let him make a début performance in ''Intimacy at 8'', a revue presented at the New Lindsay Theatre. This show was retitled ''High Spirits'' when it reopened in the Hippodrome Theatre in 1953. Cass said that ''High Spirits'' had always been his favourite show. Among the cast was an actress named Valerie Carton, whom he married in 1955. Cass went on to write TV plays, cantatas, and cabaret shows for cruise liners. He joined his old friend, Warren Mitchell, to write ''The Thoughts of Chairman Alf'' in 1975, which travelled with them and was performed all over the country for the next twenty years. Cass worked with another friend, Tom Jones, on more than 70 television shows and musicals. In the 1990s he acted as Programme Associate on ITV's Highway programmes with Sir Harry Secombe. Having joined the theatre from the world of cabaret, Cass tried cabaret again in 1979, co-writing ''Blondes and Bombshells''. He wrote two novels, ''True Blue'' and ''Fringe Benefits'', and a book of theatrical humour called ''A Funny Thing Happened or an Anthology of Pro's''.〔Shorter, Eric (8 July), "Ronald Cass", The Guardian〕 Ronald Cass married actress Valerie Carton in 1955, and had three children, Debbie, Stephen and Nicola, and four grand children, Joseph, Rachel, Leila and Benji. He died in June 2006, at the age of 83. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ronald Cass」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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